Istituto Di Cultura - Londra

The house on the lake _ Franko B’s solo showcurated by Lavinia Filippi14 June – 28 September 2018 ‘It seemed that in an instant I had found a reason, a strategy to be and to want to stay alive because I could try to express the inexpressible using art as a language to try to somehow make sense of what...

We offer progressive levels: Elementary (A1.1, A1.2, A2), Intermediate (B1.1, B1.2, B2), and Advanced.[MORE]All our classes are conducted in Italian and provide training in all basic communication skills - listening, speaking, reading and writing - with a systematic study of grammar. Our teachers are university qualified...

Salon Italia - In Italian with English subtitles Introduction and post screening discussion with Nick Walker (Rochester Kino Cinema Club)Director: Vittorio De SicaCast: Franco Interlenghi, Rinaldo Smordoni, Annielo MeleDrama: 1946 | 1h 30min. Though orphan Pasquale and his best friend, Giuseppe squirrel away the money...

In Italian with English Subtitles Director: Mauro CaputoScreenplay : Mauro Caputo from a novel by Giorgio PressburgerDocumentary I 1h 5min I 2016 La Biennale di Venezia 2016: Giornate degli Autori - Venice Days, Special EventsNastri d'Argento 2017: mention, Lifetime Achievement for Giorgio Pressburger Italian writer...

Director: Giuseppe Tornatore Writer: Alessandro Baricco (monologue Novecento) Cast: Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Bill Nunn Music composed by: Ennio Morricone Drama, Music, Romance| 2h 45min | 1998 Awards: Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score 2000; David di Donatello Awards 1999, Best Director, Best Cinematography,...

A special evening dedicated to the play A Notebook for the Winter, by Armando Pirozzi, winner of the UBU Award 2017 for best Italian play. Introduction by Valeria Orani, Director of Umanism LLC Staged reading of an extract of the play, in English, by actors Stefano Patti and Marco Quaglia. Followed by a conversation...

3rd, 5th, 7th and 8th September 7.30pmBridewell Theatre, Fleet Street   FAUST, ALBERTABy Simone Spagnolo, Libretto by Giordano TrischittaPresented by Time Zone Theatre   The operatic spectacle Faust, Alberta explores the tragic story of Doctor Faustus and his fatal deal with Mephistopheles from a contemporar...

On Friday 7th September, from 6pm to 8pm, Franko B. will be present, together with curator Lavinia Filippi, to guide visitors through his exhibition “The House on the Lake. Franko B’s Solo Show”. Snacks and drinks will be served. [BOOK NOW]  

Presentation of the book Nessuno può volare, with Simonetta Agnello Hornby and George Hornby This book is a collection of some of the many characters in Simonetta Agnello Hornby’s big family, all of them “normal” in a “peculiar” way.Flicking through its pages, we meet in particular her son...

Victor Burgin will be in conversation on his work “Voyage to Italy” and on the relationship between text and photography. In 2006 Victor Burgin was commissioned to make a work in response to a photograph from the archives of the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal (CCA). He chose Basilica, a photogr...

A talk by Paolo Vineis and Rodolfo Saracci. Giulio Alfredo Maccacaro (1924-1977) was an internationally renowned biometrist, who taught in Cambridge and Milan. He was an exponent of the Medicina democratica (Democratic Medicine), fighting for the democratic renovation of the medical care in Italy. Paolo Vineis: Science...

"The art of the greatest French composers is an art of suggestion", wrote Pierre Bernac. The mélodies of Berlioz, Debussy, Duparc, Fauré, Massenet, Ravel and Saint-Saëns, amongst others, demonstrate a deliberate and close relationship between French poetry and melody.[BOOK NOW]    

Forget the November skies of London for an hour and be transported to sunnier climes, as we explore Spanish song in works by Falla, Granados, Mompou, Montsalvatge, Nin, Obradors, Rodrigo and Toldrá.[BOOK NOW]    

Marking the 150th anniversary of the death of Gioacchino Rossini, this concert celebrates the life of one of the world's best-loved operatic composers in an programme which combines a selection of his songs alongside some of his popular opera arias.[BOOK NOW]